The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-03-20
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The Dance of the Police at Last Tues
day Evenings Ball.

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The police had high old time with s'the
girls" at their ball Oh the Hill last year. 1t
was little too far for them to take their
wives and their sist r., aud they found it
convenient to take some other fellows wife
or sister. They hoped to have as good a
time this year, and it was with pangs of
d content that many of them learned that
the bail would be held this time at the City
Hall.
.It's too close to home for fun, was the
comment.
The change was made under the direc-
lion of members of the force who had re-
solved to make the police ball as respectable
as police ball can be; and sincere effcr
was made to improve the ''personel' of the
women who attended it. These were es-
pecially xious to exclude from the ball
certain notorious females who brought dis
grace upon the dsnce on the Hill; and the
little notice that appeared in the SUNDAY
MORNING NEWS of last Sunday-tbat the
names of the women in attendance would
be paraded in print actually led to the ap-
pointment of Committee of Bouncers.
During the evening the committee drove
only four Objectionable women off the
floor Their duties had been made COM
paratively light by the 'scops" themselves,
who dropped private tips to their fayorites
that they had best stay away.
Monday night, Cooper's Hall was scene
of gaiety The ballroom was tastefully
decorated with fags, bunting and police
emblems Three bright electric lights illu-
minated the room and added to the beau
tiful contrast of colors. The variegated
hues of the ladies' dresses, many of which
were very much decollete, were pleasing to
the eye, as it gazed about the room, resting
for moment here and there as some un-
usually bright animated face arrested
1t. A bridge connected the City
Hall with the ball room, and a band of
music played all night in the Aldermanic
Chamber, which was also decorated taste
fully. Van Houten Post opened its room
to the pleasure-seekers and the many GU
riosities were duly admired. Down stairs
in the Mayors rear Office table was spread
with a substantial collation. and tempo
rary bar was erected in corner. This was
presided over by Sergeant O'Connor, as
sisted by Police Commissioner Tilden, Hor-
ace Farrier and others. A dozen boxes of
mineral water was sadly neglected. The
other bar-the one in the rear of the ball
room-was presided over by brother of
Board of Works Commissioner Watt. He
did rushing business, the room being
constantly filed with r-drinking women
and men.
Chief Murphy and his accomplished wife
led the march, which commenced at few
minutes after ten o'clock. In it were seen
Mamie Burroughs, better known as ''22S,
a pretty and brazen girl of eighteen; Lydia
daua,hta, Ti7z;a Tee who flled with re.
morsa 81 her mode If living twice attemnt.
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